ABC News was once again treading dangerously close to serious legal lability. During Thursday’s episode of The View, co-host Sunny Hostin spew allegations – without evidence – about President Trump “sexually assaulting that 13-year-old.” A short time later, Hostin was made to reel in her definitive claims with a touch of skepticism by noting what she was referring to were “unverified allegations,” which were being pushed by Democrats and the liberal media.
The liberal ladies were discussing the Epstein files yet again after Democratic House member Robert Garcia (CA) claimed 50 pages were missing related to a salacious claim made against the President involving a 13-year-old girl.
In their discussion, Hostin spoke about the allegation as if it was fact:
HOSTIN: I want to know where those pages are.
JOY BEHAR: What was taken out?
HOSTIN: Well, we don’t know what was taken out, but what we know is that Representative Garcia read about 50 — 50 pages are left out. He did read an account of the President sexually assaulting that 13-year-old.
BEHAR: Trump. This president.
HOSTIN: Yes.
Treading dangerously close to serious legal lability, The View’s Sunny Hostin claims – without evidence – that Trump “sexually assault[ed] that 13-year-old.”
She was forced to walk it back and announce a disclaimer before pushing the unsupported allegations again:
“Well… pic.twitter.com/gZ4h2KY5UC— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 26, 2026
A short time later, co-host Joy Behar handed Hostin a card and teed her up to hedge her accusation by admitting the allegations were “unverified,” but she needed to get a dig in by reading them:
I want to be very careful here because these are allegations and President Trump has consistently – they’re unverified allegations and President Trump has consistently denied all the allegations and any wrongdoing. BUT there was a presentation made by the FBI and the witness stated that Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump, who subsequently forced her head down and punched her in the head in response to something that she did.